Kristian Walsh and the rest of the team will be with you today from 7am to ensure constant coverage of all things EFC as the Blues agree a deal with Peel over building a stadium on the site of Bramley Moore Dock.

Be sure to tell us your thoughts on the latest stadium announcement by tweeting @LivEchoEFC

18:21

Bye

It’s end of blog o’clock.

See you tomorrow for lots more blog.

17:14David Prentice

Lucky escape?

He coulda been a contender, he coulda been a new .... errrm, James McFadden?

But instead Tony Gallacher chose to stay with Falkirk.

Wait a minute? Isn’t Falkirk where Everton snapped up John ‘Tiger’ McLaughlan from?

Handover

Ross Barkley stars in advert

Ross Barkley is in great form at the minute and now he is the star of a new advert.

Sure has released an advert of their new deodrant with Barkley being the face of it.

Claudio Bellen, Senior Brand Manager of Sure UK & Ireland commented: ”Having access to Ross Barkley, who is in arguably in the best form of his life, through our partnership with Everton FC meant that we have been able to create an exciting 20s brand advert which we hope will resonate with football fans around the world.”

15:33Paul Philbin

Could this proposed new rail line serve Everton's new dockside stadium?

Could this proposed new rail line serve Everton's new dockside stadium?

The Liverpool Underground group, which has proposed a number of major plans to expand and improve the city-region’s rail network, recently shared its vision for a new ‘Sergeant Pepper’ line to serve the north of Liverpool .

After Everton signed a “heads of terms” agreement with Peel to aquire the dockside site for the new stadium - the group has offered a more detailed vision for how the Sergeant Pepper Line could transport fans to the site and around the city region.

The plan involves building a new 1.6 mile viaduct, which would connect a new section of overhead railway into the existing disused railway tunnels under Bank Hall and Pall Mall, which would complete what it is calling the North Liverpool Circle.

Niasse Nominated

The Everton striker is currently on loan at Hull City and his first goal against Swansea City had made the shortlist.

He is up against some good goals.

Oumar Niasse was among the goals at the weekend PAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images

Carling Goal of the Month Shortlist

Fernando Llorente (Swansea City) vs Burnley

Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace) vs West Brom

Oumar Niasse (Hull City) vs Swansea City

Harry Kane (Tottenham) vs Everton

Eden Hazard (Chelsea) vs West Ham

Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal) vs West Brom

Robert Huth (Leicester City) vs West Ham

Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) vs Middlesbrough

15:00

Handover

That’s me done for the day.

Paul Philbin will see you through now.

Ta-ta.

14:50

Gibson in the England squad

Used to be at Tranmere, this lad.

Wouldn’t be a bad option if Middlesbrough went down, for what it’s worth...

14:08

Landon Donovan did WHAT?

We have no idea what’s going on.

But it looks like Landon Donovan is jumping about six feet into a crowd.

God bless America.

13:41

Davies starts for England

And he captains them, too!

13:14

Heitinga's Cruyff tribute

He died a year ago today.

13:02

Feeney captains England... and scores

A great day for the Bootle-born defender.

12:20

Williams on leading Wales

He’ll skipper Wales away to Ireland tonight.

11:34

Club doctor retires after 39 years service

Dr Ian Irving will retire after 39 years service as club doctor at the end of the season.

He took up the role from his father Meir, who had been the Everton Club Doctor for the previous 25 years, in 1978.

I have always been an Evertonian. As a kid, I stood behind the goal in the Boys’ Pen. I never dreamt that I would get the job of club doctor. I remember the day I started, I thought to myself that I would be lucky to last a year - and here I am, 39 years later.

I’m very proud to do nearly 40 years at Everton - it’s the people I’ve met throughout that time which has been the greatest privilege.

Best of luck, Ian.

10:53

The financial complexities - explained

This is a real handy guide around what yesterday’s announcement meant in terms of finances.

10:25

Lukaku nominated for Player of the Month

He’s been on fire this month.

This year.

This season.

10:15

Valencia defeat in World Cup qualifier

The full 90 for Enner Valencia out wide on the left, but Ecuador lost 2-1 to Paraguay.

09:48

Down the Dock Road

Half an hour well spent, squire.

09:42

What Everton fans think of Bramley Moore

Our roving reporter went to Everton Two in Liverpool One to chat to Blues fans.

09:38

Koeman hails Cruyff

He died a year ago today.

What a player Johan Cruyff was.

09:23

Everton favourites to sign Keane

Everton are interested in Michael Keane, with one betting firm now installing the Blues favourites for the Burnley man’s signature.

The spokesman for the betting company who shall remain unnamed said:

Few young defenders have been as impressive as Michael Keane this season and his performances have attracted the attention of several big Premier League clubs.

Everton are the clear favourites to sign Keane at 11/10 followed by their Merseyside rivals Liverpool at 11/4, whilst Man City are outsiders in the race for the Burnley youngster’s signature at 14/1.

The chance to join Ronald Koeman’s improving side could prove an opportunity too good to ignore for Keane, so we expect to see him playing his football at Goodison Park next season.

Have a bang on that?

Burnley player Michael Keane (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)

08:45

Irish pundit wants McGeady over McCarthy

Johnny Giles is a famed pundit over in Ireland after his spell with broadcaster RTE, and he’s waded into the debate over Martin O’Neill’s starting line-up against Wales tonight.

He would play Aiden McGeady.

Over James McCarthy.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Whelan, McGeady, Hendrick and McClean are the midfield. I think McCarthy is a big gamble at the moment.

He hasn’t played much at all recently.

All of those players are playing quite regularly at this particular time.

McCarthy hasn’t had much playing time at all in recent times and it’s not as if McCarthy has been a great player for Ireland to be honest.

I’ve never been a McCarthy fan. (Robbie) Brady is a loss because Brady would be in that team.

If (Wes) Hoolahan was there, I’m not sure he would be in the team.

I’d be inclined to go with that midfield.

Aidan McGeady (L) of Everton celebrates his goal with James McCarthy of Everton during the Barclays Premier League match between Leicester City and Everton at the King Power Stadium on August 16, 2014 in Leicester, England. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)

08:15

Sharing the load

No purple seats at Bramley Moore, thankfully...

08:12

Why didn't Moshiri just sign the cheque?

Some great insight from our reporter Phil Kirkbride on Farhad Moshiri’s role in securing the Bramley Moore site.

Moshiri has brought financial stability to the club; injecting an interest free £80m loan to help with clubs debts, and it is this financial solidarity which has helped convince the Council to act as the Blues’ guarantors with whichever lender they borrow the “in excess of” £300m from.

It is also Moshiri’s wealth which means the local authority are forecast to receive over £4m annually as a security payment for this, and why a deal with Peel is on the brink of completion.

His huge contacts book will also open doors to banks, hedge funds, pensions or big insurers, that would otherwise have been closed to Everton.

But why hasn’t he just signed a cheque and handed the money over?

Because Moshiri has the long-term interests of Everton at heart and at the General Meeting in January he used the words “sustainable” and “sustainability”.

Certainly not phrases to send shivers of excitement down your spine, but important ones, because he is not interested in becoming Everton’s Sugar Daddy.

Moshiri wants the club to, one day, be able to stand on its own two feet and so is mindful that however much more of his personal wealth he is prepared to use, it must also be invested into the squad - this way, he can influence matters on the field, but still do so off them as well.